llafazan

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • llafezan
  • llapazan — Gheg, archaic

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish لافزن (lafazan, “braggart, boaster”).[1]

Adjective

llafazan (feminine llafazane)

  1. chatty, loquacious, talkative
    Synonyms: llafator, fjalaman

Noun

llafazan m (plural llafazana, definite llafazani)

  1. chatterer, chatterbox (talkative person)
    Synonym: fjalaman

Derived terms
  • llafazanëri

References
  1. Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “llafazan”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 283

Further reading
  • “llafazan”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • “llafazan”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980
  • Jungg, G. (1895) “λapaεan”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 72
  • Meyer, G. (1891) “ľaf”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 233
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